Improvement in nut-crackers



C. F. RITCHEL. Nut-Cracker.

No. 215,243. Patented may 1 3, 1879.

H53, WASHINQYDN f UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIcE,

CHARLES F. RITCHEL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT` IN NUT-CRACKERS.

v Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,243, dated May13, 1879; application iled February 17, 1879. u

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, C.F.RITOHEL, ofBridgeport, in the county of Fairfieldand State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inNut-Crackers; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, aside view 5 Fig. 2, an end view.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of nut-crackerswhich are made for table use; and the invention consists in theconstruction hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in theclaim.

A and B are the two jaws, each extended to form handles C, in the usualmanner for this class of crackers.

Instead of the usual close link to connect the j hinged end of the jaws,one link, D, is placed Between the two jaws the links are bent outward,so as to form a large opening, E, at the end, into the space between thejaws. The opening E enables the placing of the nut so that the force ot'the jaws may be applied very near the fnlcrum or pivots, and the linksserve CHARLES FRANCIS RITCHEL.

Witnesses:

R. O. AMBLER, MORRIS W. SEYMOUR.

